Olympic swimming gold medallist Kyle Chalmers will consider quitting the sport in a bid to fulfil his dream as an AFL footballer.

The reigning 100m Olympic champion wants to play AFL after the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The man dubbed “an accidental swimming star”, whose father Brett played 75 games for Port Adelaide and the Adelaide Crows, has long dreamt of playing at elite level.

“It’s something I would love to do and because it is my dream — I would give absolutely everything to see if that dream would take off,” Chalmers said.

“I know how hard it can be to be an athlete in regards to training and commitment. I think I’ve got that background knowledge in it and if there was a sniff I could play AFL football, I’d train all day every day to see if I could get drafted firstly.”

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Kyle Chalmers swimming a relay against four Port Adelaide Power player.